Jack123456
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The total score is 1 to 5 ranging from 0 to 15 with there being 3 criteria.... . 0 being unresponsive to 15 being fully responsive,.... There are 3 criteria each measured from 1 to 5 hence the to 15.
I was a paramedic for 10 years so I have some idea of what I'm taking about
Not to be a know-it-all but since there have been so many posts on the GCS and none absolutely correct:
The GCS includes three criteria (opening eyes, verbal communication and motoric reaction), each has a different numeric scale of 1-4, 1-5 and 1-6 (respective to the order of the items in brackets I've listed before). Therefore, every existing object (table, tree, lifeless body) has a GCS of three (i.e. not opening eyes, no verbal reaction, no motoric reaction(even after addressing/pain stimulus)).